Speaker 1: United Airlines made a tough call this month when they
Speaker 1: told a passenger traveling from Newark to Los Angeles that
Speaker 1: she would have to leave her emotional support service animal behind.
Speaker 1: The passenger had a ticket for Dexter to Peacock, but
Speaker 1: United said no way. Now, a twenty one year old
Speaker 1: college students in the news over an incident that occurred
Speaker 1: last November. She was flying from Baltimore to her home
Speaker 1: in South Florida to take care of a medical issue
Speaker 1: she had with her Pebbles, her Dwarf hamster, which is
Speaker 1: part of the Gerbil family, was going to provide emotional
Speaker 1: support for her now when Spirit Airlines refused passage for
Speaker 1: the rodent, The student says she tried unsuccessfully to rent
Speaker 1: a car. After agonizing for several hours, a student claims
Speaker 1: that she followed advice from Spirit representatives and took Pebbles
Speaker 1: to the women's restroom. The student says she was scared
Speaker 1: and so was Pebbles. Pebbles didn't nowhere's gonna end up
Speaker 1: with good reason. So Pebbles was put in the toilet
Speaker 1: and the toilet was flushed it's by by Pebbles, and
Speaker 1: after the deed was done, the students said she sat
Speaker 1: crying for ten minutes in the stall and then flew home.
Speaker 1: Now Spirit says they never told her to flush the
Speaker 1: animal down the toilet. They do admit the student was
Speaker 1: originally told that her hamster would be allowed to travel.
Speaker 1: As for the peacock, he should thank he's lucky stars.
Speaker 1: He can't fit in the toilet. Now, folks, do with
Speaker 1: this what you will, but all of it did happen, really,